Ramel
Your innocence is now at stake.
Gertrude
Gentlemen, let us go in together.
SCENE EIGHTH
Vernon (alone)
My poor General! He kneels by the bed of his daughter; he weeps, he
prays! Alas! God alone can give her back to him.
SCENE NINTH
Vernon, Gertrude, Ramel, the Magistrate and the Sheriff's Officer.
Gertrude
I scarce can believe my senses; I am dreaming--I am--
Ramel
You are ruined, madame.
Gertrude
Yes, sir--But by whom?
The Magistrate (to the sheriff's officer)
Write down that Madame de Grandchamp having herself unlocked for us
the desk in her bedchamber and having herself given into our hands the
parcel sealed by M. Baudrillon, this parcel which two days ago was
intact is found unsealed and from it has been taken a dose, more than
sufficient to produce death.
Gertrude
Death!--And I?
The Magistrate
Madame, it was not without reason that I took from your desk this torn
piece of paper. We have also picked up in Mlle. de Grandchamp's
chamber a piece of paper, which exactly fits to it; and this proves
that when you reached your desk, in that confusion which crime always
brings upon criminals, you took up this paper to wrap up the dose,
which you intended to mix with the infusion.
Gertrude
You said that you were my protector! And there, see now--
The Magistrate
Give me your attention, madame.
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